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• Recheck pool, making sure that all of the Wall Panels are exactly squared o and the same height
level with each other.
• Next, by placing one Bottom Strap onto one Horizontal Buttress, inside the pool, (starting at the
pre-scribed line located 5” from the end of a Horizontal Buttress) fasten them together by, rst,
pre-drilling four 1/8” openings in the Horizontal Buttress through the diamond-shaped positioned
holes located in the upper Bottom Strap as your guide and, then, tightly screwing four 1” screws
through these diamond-shaped positioned holes located in the upper Bottom Strap as your guide into
the Horizontal Buttress as illustrated on the next page.
Step 5
Installing Bottom Straps:
e pre-scribed line located 5” from the end of a Horizontal Buttress.
• Further, repeat this process with all the Bottom Straps and Horizontal Buttresses.
• Next, connect one Bottom Strap to another (from one Buttress Post to the opposite Buttress Post,
exactly across from each other, facing the north/south and the east/west directions) across the entire
bottom of the pool by, rst, pre-drilling four 1/8” openings in the lower Bottom Strap through the four
diamond-shaped positioned holes located at the end of the upper Bottom Strap as your guide and,
then, tightly screwing four 1” screws through these diamond-shaped positioned holes located at the
end of the upper Bottom Strap as your guide into the four pre-drilled 1/8” openings located at the end
of the lower Bottom Strap at each connecting place. When connecting Bottom Straps, please overlap
the straps by exactly 4”.